Quote Originally Posted by dirty_bass View Post
As for guitars in techno, if you understand production you`ll understand why it is so difficult for it to work.

Guitars take up a HUGE amount of room in the mix.
Listen to how drums and guitars are mixed in rock and nu metal
The drums have very little low end punch, the kicks very rarely thump, the middle areas are all left sparse to allow room for the guitar.
all areas techno uses in it`s own sound for strong percussion.

It is very very diffcult to get it to work, trust me.
I fought with it for years in the 90`s in the various industrial bands I was in, it`s a fecking nightmare.
That's certainly true if you are trying to make guitars sound like a rock guitar. But when it works I think it can sound pretty fun and to be fair, I've always thought techno (for me at least) is about being inventive and using an interesting palate of sounds, which a guitar can be part of. Certainly when I've used guitar samples in my sets people seem to like it.